flush-decked
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of flush-decked
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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A flush-decked ship, probably carrying twenty to six-and-twenty guns.”
From Paddy Finn by Archibald Webb
By means of some black painted canvas let down over the main-deck ports, she was made to look like a corvette, or flush-decked vessel.
From Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days by William Henry Giles Kingston
I took her to be a flush-decked vessel, a corvette probably.
From Hurricane Hurry by William Henry Giles Kingston
There were six feet of head-room below, and she was crown-decked and flush-decked.
From The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London
The Adams after several changes of form finally became a flush-decked corvette.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt
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